United For Peace Podcast

Parliamentary democracy begins and ends in Indonesia. Sukarno becomes an even bigger boss. And UNTEA is finally created! We are finally about to get to the UN peacekeeping operation, after 6 episodes in this series in a show about UN peacekeeping.

We are marathoning Indonesian political history from 1950 to 1961, in two parts, because, well, just look at the run time for just about half the relevant information in that period.

The Revolution finally ends. But that does not mean Indonesia and the Netherlands are done fighting. They will simply be on break.

The army is a mess. The government is a mess. The Dutch are imperialist. But the revolution is almost over. Almost.

Battles and massacres and intrigues, oh my!

The Dutch East Indies consolidate. Indonesia Declares Independence! Open conflict is just on the horizon!

We look back at why the mission was made by the General Assembly, why the GA would not continue making armed missions, how the mission succeeded, how it failed, and why it could not permanently settle things around Israel/Palestine.

In this episode, we cover the tragic ending of UNEF I. Not tragic just because it is ending, but because of how it ended.

Israel fully withdraws from Egypt, and UNEF inserts itself between the two States to maintain the peace. So, mission accomplished... for now.

We discuss the fight over the legality of the UNEF and start going over its deployment and operations.